As Rochester Public Schools gears up for first year under new budget model, staffing projected to stay flat

As Rochester Public Schools gears up for first year under new budget model, staffing projected to stay flat

ROCHESTER — As the principals of Rochester’s more than 20 public schools began planning for the year ahead, they had more decisions to make this time around about the people working in their buildings. Did they want to designate some funding for reading specialists? Or would it be better to put those dollars toward an equity specialist? Did they want to hire additional teachers to reduce their class sizes? Or did they want to invest in an instru…